Edge of the City (1957)
With John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Ruby Dee, Val Avery, David Clarke, Robert F. Simon, Roy Glenn
Directed by Martin Ritt
Edge of the City is a 1957 American crime drama film directed by Martin Ritt in his directorial debut, and starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier. Robert Alan Aurthur's screenplay was expanded from his original script, staged as the final episode of The Philco Television Playhouse, A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955), also featuring Poitier.
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